Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Go to our official Blogging for Blood Cancer Event post to learn more about this exciting event, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the importance of raising awareness for blood cancer. Also learn how you could get a chance to win hundreds of dollars of prizes win.

This post is now closed. The winner of the $25 Barnes & Noble Gift card is Link #65 Sammi Peters. Thank you everyone who helped us publicize this wonderful event!!!! We had more than 100 sites participating.

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If you have a blog or a website, please help us promote our “Blogging for Blood Cancer” Event. The first annual “Blogging for Blood Cancer” event will take place from August 11-18, 2008. This first time event will bring bloggers from across the United States together to raise awareness for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and its mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

The event is being hosted by Goodies for Mom in conjunction with the Friends of Heroes (FOH) National Light The Night Team of which I am a proud part. We are asking (ok ,begging) that bloggers post on your blogs throughout the event about the importance of the LLS mission, share your personal stories of those you have come to know who have been affected by blood cancer, or share some of the stories you read here and on the FOH site during the week that have touched your hearts.

All bloggers participating will have the opportunity to be entered to win prizes donated by event sponsors by leaving a Mr. Linky link on the Goodies for Mom post for the event. The event post will go up on August 11, 2008 at 8:00am. Even if you do not have a blog, visitors to the Goodies for Mom and Friends of Heroes blogs during the week will also have opportunities to win as they learn more about the importance of LLS’s research and patient services in the fight against blood cancer.

To help promote the event, anyone who puts a button or banner on their site, or writes a post about the event with a link back to this post, then leaves a link below on our Mr. Linky by midnight on August 10, 2008 will be entered for a chance to win a$25 Barnes & Noble gift card.

Here is the code for the buttons and banners:

To get you started learning about FOH, pop over to the Friends of Heroes blog and read about Courtney’s Angels, an FOH affliate team honoring a fun, incredible angel named Courtney.

Make sure to check back as prizes are added for the event. If you would like to sponsor a prize, contact me at lois(@)goodiesformom(.)com. Currently we have the following prizes lined up during the event:

I posted a link! I am also participating in the light the night walk. My Mom was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia my senior year of highschool. She has now been in remission for a couple years. =)

Thanks for the comment on my blog to get here. I am on the Alabama/NW Florida Board of Trustees for LLS. Also particpating in a marathon as part of Team in Training. If you have any extra money laying around, I sure could use a donation.Matt

This is absolutely awesome! Currently undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's, there is not a lot I can do to support the cause, such as Hikes for Discovery and the like, but blogging I can do and blogging I will do! Thank you to everyone who has already shown their support!

Thanks for letting me know about this. I have added your button to my blog. I am participating in the Chicago Marathon with Team in Training to raise money for LLS. MY father passed away from lymphoma about 2 1/2 years ago.

I'm not sure how you found me, but thank you for letting me know about your site. I will post a link to this "blogging for blood cancer" to my site now. My son was diagnosed about 3 months ago with a rare infant leukemia (JMML). He just turned 6 months old and we will be going in a few days for his long awaited cord blood transplant. Thank you for this kind of support!

I am *so* excited to read about this! My mom was recently diagnosed with a rare form of terminal blood cancer about 2 years ago. Then in a weird twist of fate, my husband's Grandmother was diagnosed with the same thing, exactly one year later. You hear so much about breast cancer, lung cancer, etc. and I really feel like blood cancers get left out. I cannot wait to particpate in this event. Your button will be on my site within hours. Thank you for your awareness and care!

Hello I posted a link to our family's blog - and I put the button link our website. we also have a carepage for my son - just go to carepages.com and enter his name AlexWiser. Alex is currently in remission (2 years) from a rare form of leukemia (JMML). He is 3 years old, adopted from Guatemala, and a true miracle and fighter. He has undergone chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. I am proud to be a part of anything that supports or helps funding and research for leukemia and lymphomas. We are walking in the Light the Night in Michigan in October and Alex is the honored hero for the Metro Detroit walk. Thank you for this site!

PB Smooth will blog as she was affected by Leukemia at the age of 7. And to make matters worse due to a blood transfusion she contracted another chronic illness which caused major health complications. As a 23 year survivor of cancer she continues to fight for children affected by cancer. This blog will be participating full force!

Fabulous cause...I'm am happy to be a part of this. I have posted the banner/link on my boutique site and my boutique blog. I would also like to participate in a giveaway. Please email me. contactus@bullfrogsandbutterfliesbabyboutique.com.

I am blogging about this and have added the button to my sidebar. I am walking in our our LTN event in Orange City in October. This is the 2nd year that our Holiday Inn Express team has walked for this great organization. We are currently selling the LTN bears at our hotel and we really hope that we can reach our $2000 goal. KUTGW!

I will write it. Its for charity. I already lost 2 of my best friends because of Leukimia and thats more than enough (the second victim die last Dec 07). I will promote it at my blog today and will write the post at the due date 17 August at same day with my country independent day. is that ok even my English is horrible? Thx

I'll continue to post about it on both blogs, and I would like to add 1000 EC's to your list. Just visit either one of my sites, and click on the contact me button to tel me how to go about it. I'm new to Entrecard, so not to familiar with how it works.

This is a wonderful way to raise awareness. Thanks for hosting the event! I'm participating in the Blogging for Blood Cancer Even and will put a link on my blog, The Artist's Muse at http://www.sharonahart.blogspot.com

Hi there! I just posted your button on my blog :) My sister was diagnosed with myleodysplasia (a pre-leukemia condition) several years ago, and while her health is good right now, I think it is SO important to get some awareness about these diseases!!

Lois, This is wonderful. You really think outside of the box. I haven't posted in 9 months and just today finally posted something. Then I was traveling through the blogs and saw this. Of course, now I have to entries in one day! Congratulations!! I am sure this will be a wonderful event!! Way to go!

Ok, my blog http://momslivingwithmetastaticbreastcancer.blogspot.com/ is only a few days old but I made a post about this and added a button (I think). I have been involved with the LLS for years. My dear friend is a blood cancer survivor!!!! Good luck.

This is a GREAT cause! I had a friend who died at 16 because of Leukimia, my first boyfriend also had Leukimia and I saw what the disease does to someone and thankfully, he is still alive today and I also know a woman who had inspired me to write more poetry who is battling Hodgkins for the second time, so I am hopping on board here to join in on the blogging for this wonderful cause. Added the 125x125 button to my blog, thanks a lot!